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About ericmcclanahan

I am completely average in every way. Average height, average weight, average intelligence, average ethnicity, average American standard of mental illness. Hell, I think I might even be average-aged. I am exceptionally average, and I lead an average life. Why, then, am I incapable of seeing it as anything other than a Fractured Fable of unlimited beauty and horror playing out before me?

“The Clock strikes hope and time to bring / but it’s turning into a beast like you”

Posted on 05/21/2013 by ericmcclanahan

I spend all my time looking forward. I don’t want my present; it’s hardly a gift. I think ahead to a time when I won’t be so destitute broke and all the wonderful things I’ll do. A time when I … Continue reading →

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“Seaside and down on the wayside”

Posted on 05/07/2013 by ericmcclanahan

My dreams are volatile, the skin I’m in screaming for claws. I’ve been acutely aware of my femoral artery lately; it undulates in my body when the world slows down, singing to my fingernails, nearby blades, shards of porcelain. Inside … Continue reading →

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Mid-year update (sort of)

Posted on 05/06/2013 by ericmcclanahan

So, here we are, it’s May 6th.  How am I doing with my New Year’s Resolutions? Okay, I guess. I unfortunately don’t have much to say.  It’s not that I don’t have thoughts or issues or whatnot; if anything, there’s … Continue reading →

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“That he’d gotten all he wanted / a crowd to watch him bare the pain”

Posted on 03/21/2013 by ericmcclanahan

Wherein I type one sentence… Continue reading →

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“Well, me, it’s nice talking to myself / a credit to dementia”

Posted on 02/24/2013 by ericmcclanahan

Wherein I meet the man charged with keeping me sane… Continue reading →

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“Have a seat, a cup of wine, have a good cry”

Posted on 02/19/2013 by ericmcclanahan

Wherein I lose my shit and gain my sanity… Continue reading →

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“They keep calling me…”

Posted on 02/18/2013 by ericmcclanahan

Wherein I say all the things in text that I can’t say in person… Continue reading →

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“Don’t fret, precious; I’m here / step away from the window”

Posted on 02/17/2013 by ericmcclanahan

Wherein I lose my shit… Continue reading →

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“I’m getting hungry / peel me a grape”

Posted on 02/04/2013 by ericmcclanahan

Wherein I punctuate January and ask for reprieve… Continue reading →

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“Swallow whole / lose myself in you”

Posted on 01/16/2013 by ericmcclanahan

Wherein I start talking about my depression and then get all self-entitled-ish, which as much as I appreciate, I honestly never thought I’d be a proponet of… Continue reading →

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